The weapons will be dealt with by the task system. The priority of picking up weapons or powerups will increase as you get closer to them. I'm thinking a random element added to that so it doesn't always choose the same weapons. The priority could also be based on what weapons you have already so it doesn't pick up two short range weapons. Their priority would be decreased to 0 when you have a shotgun for example.
Another thing I'm considering is adding a second window to the app that consists of the task tree and a task editor. The editor will let you create the task tree and define functions for the priority calculation based on any of the properties in my gameState object, which reads the game memory. This will let users tweak the bot or adapt it for unforeseen situations. Of course, you will be able to save and share these behaviours as well.
As for checking if the target enemy is rendering, that won't work because they'll usually be rendering anyway but covered up by closer rendered geometry. Use wireframe to see what I mean. I'm gonna look into Biti's idea a bit more. I'm wondering if it only works for the objective in objective games, and if so maybe I can force the objective to be located at the bot's current target? Or maybe I could use the function that the objective is using to see if it's visible, but I don't know how to do that. Skarma has offered to help me with stuff so I can see if he has any advice.
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